September 15, 2008

I mailed an eggplant and ended up with a ganoush-off

made 8 pieces of mail art this weekend. i realize now that I over did it-- the collaborative project was to keep adding to things, so I didn't have to make one for everyone, just a few and get them circulating. oh well. what else is new. "ALIYA DOES MORE THAN SHE HAD TO DO, STAYS UP LATE, AND IN THE END MAYBE MAYBE KARMA WILL CATCH UP, BUT PROBABLY NOT."

the other day, to make myself feel bad, I calculated the difference between my sent mail box and my inbox. it was 1480 messages. that means I love everyone else 1480 messages more than they love me. (someone later pointed out to me that I probably delete a lot of emails, right? well, whatever. that messes up my perfect equation of how much the world isn't fair)

This is the kind of thing you're supposed to make art about, right? loneliness? feeling like the world is screwing you over? flipping the bird to the man? I'm not sure how. it always comes out cheesy. Greg told me I just need to stick with something for now, so I don't get stuck, just pick up where I left off, even if that's not totally the direction I want to take my work now. So I'll stick with mail art and finally finish those worn-wire-fabric-shells. And then probably make some more cocoons. cause I'm addicted to cocoons (see almost all previous artwork).

Also, tonight I was officially announced as the baba-ganoush queen of club 66. After an official blind taste test with 4 unbiased judges, it was unanimously decided that my "zesty" and "zippy" "weekend and evening" baba-ganoush reigned supreme over Emily's more "weekday" "eggplant-y" "mild" ganoush. But, all agreed that both are good for different occasions.

1 comment:

Claire said...

hooray hooray! *claire rushes home immediately to check mailbox*.
well not immediately because i have to teach another class, but wow i can't wait to get your mail art. wish i could have tasted the ganoush too :) great blog as usual A.